U.S. Attorney Benjamin Wagner says Andrade was barred from buying guns in California because he is on parole, so he used a fake identification on federal firearm-purchase forms to get them in Reno, Nev.

In February, police in Elk Grove said they arrested a known gang member and recovered a .40-caliber pistol that Andrade had purchased in Reno a month earlier.

Investigators say they found two guns at a home where Andrade was living with his girlfriend, Alexandra Sanchez, in Sacramento’s Pocket-Greenhaven neighborhood.

A federal criminal complaint said Sanchez told agents that Andrade was not her boyfriend, although he sleeps in her home several times a week.

Officials released four photos of assault rifles and pistols found on Andrade’s cellphone.

Agents say his phone was filled with emails and text- message conversations about selling guns.

According to the federal criminal complaint, agents say the information was so extensive, it filled a 13,400-page report.

Andrade appeared in federal court late Wednesday but did not enter a plea.

He is scheduled back in court on Friday for a detention hearing.

KCRA 3's Tom DuHain contributed to this report.

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